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STATEMENT ON COAL LSL INQUIRY

Senator Roberts said, “After two years of lobbying the government to look more closely at Coal LSL, I welcome today’s independent review of Coal LSL.” “I acknowledge all the coal miners who have worked with me to help identify the errors in Coal LSL,” he said. Coal LSL, an Australian Government corporation, had never appeared […]

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Integrity Commission needs to include judicial conduct

Last year the government unveiled their totally lacking plan for a toothless Commonwealth Integrity Commission. Important powers and jurisdictions were completely missing from their proposal, including oversight of the conduct of judges. When there are complaints about the judges, it is essentially up to the judiciary to investigate itself. This type of self-regulation does not […]

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Department of Agriculture Questioned at Estimates on Fire Ant Eradication Program

Farmers at Gatton and beyond are petrified of the spread of destructive fire ants. Fire ants ravage crops and if they get into animals, they drive them crazy with pain. Left unchecked, they’ll turn productive areas effectively barren. I asked the Department of Agriculture about what we are doing to eradicate them. Unfortunately, it looks […]